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Where does “punfold” come from?

punfold (Middle English) comes from Middle English pundfold, from Old English pundfald, from Old English pund, from Proto-Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic pundą, from Latin pondus, from Proto-Italic pondos, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénd-os — to stretch.

Ancestry of “punfold”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishpundfold—
2Old Englishpundfaldpinfold
3Old Englishpundpound
4Proto-Germanic*pund—
5Proto-Germanicpundąpound
6Latinpondusweight; weight of a pound; heaviness, weight of a...
7Proto-Italicpondos—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)pénd-os—
9Proto-Indo-European(s)pend-to stretch

Words derived from “punfold”

  • pinfold
  • penfold
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